Linda Woodward Geiger, CG, CGL - Speaker Profile

E-mail: lwgeiger@woodward-geiger.com
Website: http://www.woodward-geiger.com
Location: Jasper, Georgia, USA, available to travel locally and throughout the United States. Also available for virtual presentations. Presentations: Please see http://www.woodward-geiger.com/training_topics.htm for additional information and a list of selected presentation titles relating to

• Technology / computer Topics
• Specific Genealogical Records
• Methodology
• Archives and Repositories
• Federal Records
• Southeastern Indians (Five Civilized Tribes)
• Hands-on-workshops

Speaking Engagements:
8 January 2013Sponsor: Illinois State Genealogical Soceity
Webinar, 9:00pm Eastern Time
"Beyond the WWI Draft Cards: Additional Selective Service Records"
17 January 2013Sponsor:  Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree Extension
Webinar, 9:00pm Eastern Time
"Documentation: Never Having to Ask, 'Where Did That Come From?'"
2 February 2013Sponsor:  Legacy Family Tree (Millennia Corporation)
Webinar, 2:00pm Eastern Time
"Online Genealogy: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
3 April 2013Sponsor:  Legacy Family Tree (Millennia Corporation)
Webinar, 2:00pm Eastern Time
"Evidence: Guidelines for Evaluating Genealogical Evidence"
20 April 2013Sponsor:  Tulsa City-County Library
All day seminar:
    U.S. Territorial Papers, 1789–1873: Records of the Frontiersmen
    Beyond the Draft Cards: Additional WWI Selective Service Records
    When There Are No Civil Vital Registrations: Alternative Sources
    Using Tax Lists to Solve Genealogical Problems
10-15 June 2013
Institue of Genealogical and Historical Research (IGHR)
Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
Course 1: Techniques and Technology
       "Handwriting, Abstracts & Extracts" (2 hour session)
Course 3: Research in the South, Part II
       "Territorial Records of the South & other Regions"
       "More Federal Records of Interest to Southern Researchers"
       "Federal Agency Records of the Modern South"
Course 9: Coordinator and staff "Five Civilized Tribes: The Records and Where to Find Them"
21-24 August 2013
FGS Annual Conference 
      Your Society and the Internet, Wednesday, 5:00-6:00 pm, W-127
      The Postman Cometh: Using Federal Postal Records (RG 28), Thursday, 3:30-4:30 pm, T-229
      Getting the Most from the Records: Wring Them Dry, Friday, 2:00-3:00 pm, F-330
4 September 2013Sponsor:  Legacy Family Tree (Millennia Corporation)
Webinar, 2:00pm Eastern Time
"Getting the Most from Your Records: Putting Them Through the Wringer!" Blogs:  http://www.musingsbylinda.com/anamnesis/
http://www.musingsbylinda.com/MyFamily/
http://www.musingsbylinda.com/NorthGeorgia/
http://www.woodwardswesearch.com/WWSblog/

Colleen McHugh - Speaker Profile

Colleen McHugh

E-mail: omchodoy@yahoo.com
Blog: http://www.omchorations.blogspot.com/   ; http://www.omchodoy.blogspot.com/
Location: Tucson, Arizona. Available for engagements in Arizona.
Topics: How to get started in genealogy research. Specializes in analyzing information;developing personality profiles based on historical data; understanding the role of culture in genealogy research; using genealogical findings to understand ourselves.

Presentations (contact speaker for a complete list and Speaker Packet with fees and other info):

• When the Past Meets the Present to Change the Future: Using Genograms.

• Learn about YOU by Learning About THEM: Using Historical Data and Family Interviews in Genealogical Research.

• Learn about YOU by Learning About THEM: The Role of Culture in Genealogical Research.

• The Genealogical Journey: Do it Right the First Time

• The Genealogical Journey: Make it Meaningful

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Angela Y. Walton-Raji - Speaker Profile

Angela Y. Walton-Raji

E-mail: AngelaW859@aol.com
Blog: http://www.african-nativeamerican.com, http://www.beginninggenealogist.com, http://www.arkansasfreedmen.com
Location: Maryland. Available for presentations nationwide.
Topics: Researching Native American Ancestors; Documenting Indian ancestors in African American Families; Community research thorough Civil War Soldiers; Methods of Research Slavery Era for Descendants of Slaves; United States Colored Troops; Black Soldiers of the Trans-Mississippi West; Telling the family story; Researching Online, Offline and Beyond; Civil War; Basic Native American Research
Presentations (contact speaker for a complete list and Speaker Packet with fees and other info):

• Basics of Researching Blended Families
• Researching Afr. Americans, Enslaved & Free
• Freedmen of the Frontier
• Finding and Telling the Story of a Community
• Documenting and Telling your Story
• Understanding DNA for African-American Research
• Researching Blended Families
• Native American General Research

Paula Stuart-Warren - Speaker Profile

Paula Stuart-Warren

E-mail: PaulaStuartWarren@gmail.com
Blog: http://www.PaulaStuartWarren.blogspot.com
Location: Minneapolis/St. Paul area, Minnesota; available for travel to any location.
Topics: Repositories, unusual sources, writing, methodology, geographic areas, manuscripts
Presentations (contact speaker for a complete list and Speaker Packet with fees and other info):

• Finding and Using Manuscript Repositories and Special Collections
• Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking
• Research Rewards in County Courthouse and Town Hall Records
• Tho' They Were Poor, They May Have Been Rich in Records
• The U.S. Federal Government: Underutilized Research Sources
• NUCMC & Its Cousins: Keys to "Lost" Ancestral Records
• Where are Those Records They Told Me to Check?
• A Baker’s Dozen: Easy Ways to Begin Writing Your Family History
• Major Midwestern Archives & Their Records

Randy Seaver - Speaker Profile

Randy Seaver

E-mail: rjseaver@cox.net
Website: http://www.geneamusings.com
Location: Chula Vista, San Diego County, California. Will travel to Southern California locations for negotiable expenses and honorarium.
Topics: Elusive Ancestors, Online Resources, Census Resources, Ancestry.com, Footnote.com, Genealogy Humor
Presentations:

• Ancestry.com 101
• Doing a Reasonably Exhaustive Search
• Exploring Footnote.com
• Finding Elusive Ancestors in the Census Haystack
• Finding Your Elusive Ancestors
• Finding your Elusive Female Ancestors
• Genealogy is Fun! Seriously.
• Genealogy Websites You Can Use
• Overview of New England Research
• Searching Ancestry.com Effectively
• Using FamilySearch.org
• Wikis for Genealogy

Karen Packard Rhodes - Speaker Profile

Karen Packard Rhodes

E-Mail: rhodes-karen@comcast.net
Blog: http://karenaboutgenealogy.blogspot.com
Location: Middleburg, Florida (just south of Jacksonville) Available within 100 miles, northeast and central Florida and south Georgia
Presentations:

• Our Black Sheep Ancestors: How to Approach Them
• Quirks of the Florida State Census
• Navigating the National Archives Website
• Bare Bones: Getting Started in Your Genealogy
• Paleography: Interpreting Old Handwriting (covers Spanish and English colonial documents)
• Family Legends: Truth or Fiction?
• Using Blogs, Podcasts, and Twitter for Genealogy

Thomas MacEntee - Speaker Profile

Thomas MacEntee

E-mail: tmacentee@gmail.com

Website: http://hidefgen.com
Location: Chicago, IL, USA, available locally, nationally and Canada
Topics: genealogy and technology, social media, blogging, Facebook, Twitter, wikis
Presentations: (see http://hidefgen.com/presentations/ for more information)

• 21st Century Marketing for Genealogists
• 21st Century Marketing for Genealogy Societies
• Approaching the Lectern: How to Become a Genealogy Speaker
• Backing Up Your Genealogy Data
• Become a Genealogy Blog Reader
• Blogger for Beginners
• Build a Genealogy Blog
• Building a Research Toolbox
• Creating a Family Genealogy Workspace
• Dropbox for Genealogists
• Facebook for Genealogists
• Genealogical Uses for QR Codes
• Google Docs for Genealogists
• Google for Genealogists
• Google Forms for Genealogists
• Impact of Genealogy Blogs on the Genealogy Industry
• It Is Well With My Soul – Finding Ancestors Amid the Rubble of Disaster and Misfortune
• Managing Your Genealogy Data
• Self-Publishing for Genealogists and Genealogy Societies
• Social Media Workshop – Marketing Yourself Virtually
• Social Networking: New Horizons for Genealogists
• They’re Alive: Searching for Living Persons
• Twitter: It’s Not Just “What I Had for Breakfast” Anymore
• Virtual Meetings for Genealogical Societies
• Virtual Meetings for Genealogists
• Wikis for Genealogists

Nancy Loe - Speaker Profile

Nancy E. Loe, MA, MLS

Email: sassy.jane.mail@gmail.com

Blog: www.sassyjanegenealogy.blogspot.com

Website: wwww.sassyjanegenealogy.com

Location: Central Coast, California and willing to travel nationwide

Topics: organizing your research, managing digital environments, research in archives and special collections, preservation methods, beginning research

Presentations (contact speaker for a complete list and Speaker Packet with fees and other info):

• Managing Your Digital Research Environment

• Organizing Your Genealogical Research Using Archival Principles

• Staying Organized Online: New Resources for Your Online Life

• Think Like an Archivist: Uncovering Hidden Genealogical Resources in Libraries and Archives

• Picture This: Cataloging Your Digital and Paper Family Photographs

• Finding Your Chicago Ancestors From Afar

• Genealogy Without Tears: A Beginner’s Guide

• Enemies of Paper: Preserving Your Family Records and Photographs

• Dating Nineteenth-Century Photographs Using Physical Evidence

• Finding Miss Morgan: the Family History of California’s First Female Architect

Kathryn Lake - Speaker Profile

Kathryn Lake

E-mail: looking4ancestors@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.looking4ancestors.com
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada, available locally, nationally and in U.S.
Topics: Canadian and English records, Loyalist research, methodology, social media including Facebook and Twitter, blogging
Presentations:

• Mapping Your Ancestor's Footsteps
• Points of Entry: Canadian/U.S. Border Crossing Records, Immigration and Ship Passenger Lists
• 21st Century Genealogy - How to Use Social Media in Your Family History Research
• For King and Country: How to Research Your Loyalist Ancestor
• Digging Your Canadian Roots
• How to Get Started Researching US & Canadian Census Records
• How to Make the Most of Canadian Census Records
• How to Use Online English & Welsh Census Indexes

Karen Krugman - Speaker Profile

Karen Krugman

E-mail: researcher@miprofgenie.com
Website: http://www.miprofgenie.com
Location: Franklin, Michigan, locally and available for travel
Topics: female ancestors, sourcing, Internet genealogy, long distance genealogy
Presentations:

• Extra Extra Read All About It
  There's more to newspapers than obituaries.
• Chasing Your Elusive Ancestor On the Internet
  Hints & ideas for chasing grandpa down on the internet.
• Color Your Ancestor Alive!
  Bring your ancestors to life in color - add more than just names & dates to your genealogy files.
• Cemetery Records - Dying to get in there!
  Reasons you need to check out the resting place of your ancestors.
• Sourcing - Who Needs It, Anyway?
  Talk shows reasons why it is important for you to source your material.
• So Your Female Ancestor Has No Surname?
  Female ancestors are the biggest brick wall most researchers face. This talk could give you the tools to break down that wall.
• Researching There When You Are Here
  So All your ancestors aren't in Michigan? This talk will show you how to work around that.
• STUMBLE - My Favorite Way To Find Ancestors
  How Stumbling helps me find my ancestors!
• Where Do I Go From Here?
  A Beginners Intro Genealogy Class.

Leslie Albrecht Huber - Speaker Profile

Leslie Albrecht Huber

E-mail: lahuber@understandingyourancestors.com
Websites: http://www.understandingyourancestors.com; http://www.thejourneytakers.com
Location: Belchertown, MA, I am available to travel
Topics: Immigration, German Research, Writing, Social History
Presentations: (for more information visit http://www.understandingyourancestors.com/lectureTopics.aspx)

• The Journey Takers: An Inside Look at Immigration Research
• Writing a Page-Turning (But True) Family History
• Beyond Names and Dates: Uncovering Your Ancestors' Stories
• Eight Ways to Cross the Ocean (a lecture on immigration sources)
• Crossing the Ocean with the Internet (similar to above lecture, but focused on internet immigration sources)
• Smith or Schmidt: Keeping Track of Name Changes
• Get Organized: Take Control of Your Research Projects
• Understanding Your Western European Ancestors Can Help You Trace Them
• Voyage to America (about what the immigration experience was like)
• 300 Years of German Immigration
• Getting the Most Out of FamilySearch.org
• Get Published in Magazines!
• Researching and Writing Your Ancestors' Stories (2 hour workshop)
• Jumping Over the Immigration Hurdle (2 hour workshop)

Michael Hait - Speaker Profile

Michael Hait

E-mail: michael.hait@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com
Location: Washington, DC, metro; available East Coast U. S.; available to lecture remotely
Topics: U.S. Civil War, African-American Genealogy, Genealogical Proof Standard, Federal Census Records, Maryland Research
Presentations:

• African-American Genealogy: Tearing Down the Brickwalls
• Identifying Slave Owners in Maryland
• Online State Resources for Genealogy: Beyond Ancestry™ and FamilySearch™
• Researching Online at the Maryland State Archives Website
• What is a 'Reasonably Exhaustive Search'?
• Your Civil War Ancestors: A Guide To Research

Mary Clement Douglass - Speaker Profile

Mary Clement Douglass

E-mail: mdoug_hm@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.historical-matters.com
Blog: Notes That Matter at http://www.historical-matters.com
Location: Salina, KS, available nationwide
Topics: preservation of archival collections, lineage societies, genealogical methods, research in Kansas and Iowa
Presentations:

COLLECTIONS PRESERVATION

• "Cheating Time" Methods for preserving family heirlooms, papers and photographs for the next generation
• "Help! I've Fallen Under My Genealogy Notes and I Can't Get Up"
  Organize your notes so you can find what you need, when you want it

METHODOLOGY

• "Introduction to Land in America"
• "Kinship Theory and Genealogy"
  Family is more than just a blood-line.
• "Women Homesteaders"
• "The Numerical Index"
  The other land record. Trace the land itself to find missing heirs and migration paths
• "Genealogy 101"
  A brief introduction to genealogy and family history for beginners
• "Best Sources for Civil War Research"
  Top Five places to find records on your Civil War ancestor, and a few more.
• "The Silent Stone Speaks"
  Learn what organizations your ancestor belonged to by the symbols on their tombstones
• "Portrait of an ancestor"
  Place your ancestors in their historical context.
• "More Than Just Pretty Pictures"
  Effectively use maps in genealogical research. Geography for genealogists.
• "Bring' em Back Alive!: Capturing Ancestors Today"
  Tips for recording and transcribing oral histories of the living ancestors.
• "There's No Place Like Home!"
  Find your ancestors without leaving the comfort of your hometown using home and local library resources.
• "Don't Leave Home Without It"
  Prepare to take your research on the road and make your trip effective.
• "Getting Past Your Brick Wall"
  The clue you need may be buried in your notes. Learn the secret used by the professionals -- the research report.
• "Read That Deed For All Its Worth"
  Are you using ALL the clues found in a deed, mortgage, lease, and other individual land transfers?
• "So you want to hire a professional genealogist"
  How to contact, evaluate, and engage a professional genealogist and get the best value for your money.
• "So you want to be a professional genealogist"
  Some things to think about before you "hang out your shingle."
• "A Proud Heritage"
  Are you eligible for membership in one of the many hereditary societies? Learn how to submit a successful application.

REGIONAL SPECIALTIES

• "Genealogical Research in Iowa"
  An overview of the history, geography and settlement of Iowa with the major repositories for genealogical research
• "Historic Trails Across Kansas"
  Because of the state’s central location, Kansas was a pass-through area for many early trails. These included military roads, commercial trails and immigrant routes westward.
• "Genealogical research in Kansas"
  An overview of the history, geography and settlement of Kansas with the major repositories for genealogical research
• "Kansas on the World Wide Web"

Schelly Talalay Dardashti - Speaker Profile

Schelly Talalay Dardashti

E-mail: schelly@tracingthetribe.com
Website: http://tracingthetribe.blogspot.com/
Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog
International Jewish Graveyard Rabbi
MyHeritage Genealogy Blog
http://genblog.myheritage.com/

Location:
New Mexico, available internationally

Affiliations:
MyHeritage.com US Genealogy Advisor
New Mexico Jewish Historical Society, Genealogy Group co-chair
Sandoval County Genealogical Society (New Mexico), organizing committee

Topics: Jewish Genealogy, Sephardic Genealogy and Resources, DNA, Creating DNA Projects, Wonderful World of Genealogy Blogging, Iranian Jews, Sephardim in Eastern Europe, Creating Ancestral Communities Online, Social Media,

Presentations:

• IberianAshkenaz Project: From the Administrator's Viewpoint
• Wonderful World of Genealogy Blogging
• Creating a Genealogy Blog: Personal, Name or Geographic Location
• Creating Hope: How writing on genealogy for wide audiences creates hope
• The Jews of Iran
• Creating a DNA Project: IberianAshkenaz Project as a Case Study
• Creating Online Ancestral Communities
• Sephardic Genealogy Comes of Age
• Social Media for 21st-Century Genealogists

Elyse Doerflinger - Speaker Profile

Elyse Doerflinger

E-mail: GenealogistElyse@gmail.com
Blog: Elyse's Genealogy Blog at http://elysesgenes.blogspot.com/
Location: Lomita, CA, available locally and nationwide
Topics: U.S Research, Genealogy on the internet, using technology and genealogy, Organization techniques, Census research, research in California, Genealogy on a budget
Presentations:

• Using Social Networks For Genealogy
• Organizing The Paper Mountain
• Understanding the U.S. Census
• Genealogy on a Budget

Stephen Danko - Speaker Profile

Stephen J. Danko, PhD, PLCGS

E-mail: stephen@stephendanko.com
Website: http://www.stephendanko.com/
Location: San Francisco, California, available locally and nationally
Topics: European genealogy, immigration, methodology, technology
Presentations:

• A Brief History of Germany for Genealogists
• A New Look at Immigrant Passenger Manifests
• Canadian Immigration Records
• Choosing a DNA Test for Genetic Genealogy
• Genealogy and the Changing Map of Eastern Europe
• Genealogy Blogs: New Ways to Disseminate Genealogy
• Genealogy Gadgets and Gizmos: New Technology to Help in Your Research
• Polish Court Records
• Reading German Gothic Handwriting
• The Genealogical Proof Standard
• Understanding the Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego
• Understanding Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon
• United States Immigration Records
• United States Naturalization Records
• Using DNA and Indirect Evidence to Establish Family Relationships

Luckie Daniels - Speaker Profile

Luckie Daniels

Email: luckiedaniels@gmail.com
Website: Our Georgia Roots, Our Alabama Roots, Low Country Africana - Coordinator of Georgia Records
Location: Atlanta, Georgia; available nationally
Topics: Slave Ancestry, African-American, LowCountry (SC, FL and GA), Social Media + Genealogy, Utilizing technology to support genealogy research, SEO for genealogy websites/blogs
Presentations:

• From Roots... Come Branches: A Beginner’s Guide To African American Genealogy Research
• Unlocking The Door To Your Nameless Ancestor: Keys to Researching Your African American Ancestor Before 1865
• Come Out Of The Archives: Taking Your Research Online
• Blogging, Tweeting and Social Networking ~ African-American Research for the New Millennium

Lisa Louise Cooke - Speaker Profile

Lisa Louise Cooke

Email: genealogygemspodcast@gmail.com
Website: http://www.GenealogyGems.TV including:
The Genealogy Gems News Blog
The Genealogy Gems Podcast
The Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast
Location: San Ramon, CA, available nationwide
Topics: Google, Online Research, Technology, Podcasts, Blogs, Creative Projects, Newspaper, Immigration & Naturalization, Research Preservation, Living Relatives
Presentations:

• Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Part I
  Turn Google into your own personal genealogy assistant!
• Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Part II
  Taking Google to the next level!
• Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101
  Demystifying the fantastic free educational resources of genealogy podcasts and blogs.
• Sharing the Joy – Projects That Will Captivate the Non-Genealogists in Your Life
  Inspirational projects anyone can do that will captivate interest and generate family history conversation.
• How to Save Your Research from Destruction & Ensure It's Future Survival
  Everything you need to know to ensure your research for generations to come including Deeds of Gift to Genealogical Materials Directives.
• Newspaper Research: Getting the Scoop on Your Ancestors
  Everything you need to know to find you ancestors in online and archived historic newspapers.
• Unleash Your Inner Private Eye: Strategies for Finding Living Relatives
  To find living relatives you need to think a little less like a genealogists and a little more like a private detective. Learn 7 key strategies used by real gumshoes.
• The Journey of Your Ancestors – Immigration and Naturalization Research
  An introduction to Immigration and Naturalization records.

Ruby Coleman - Speaker Profile

Ruby Coleman

E-mail: rcoleman@inebraska.com
Website: http://www.incolor.com/rcoleman
Location: North Platte, NE, available locally and nationwide
Topics: Library Research, Courthouse Research, Census, Nebraska, Female Ancestors, Networking, Land Records, Motivation
Presentations:

• After the Library . . . Using Courthouse Records
• When the Census Taker Came Grandpa Was in the Outhouse
• Census Between: Iowa and Nebraska Territorial and State Censuses
• Roots in Nebraska
• Nebraska Trails Across and Research Through
• Motivation, Evaluation and Action
• Making Interlibrary Loan Work for Genealogists
• Don't Look Now ... Your Genealogy is Showing
• Land Records and Human History Kith and Kin
• Networking Your Research
• Lonesome Wives, Wanton Women and Prairie Mothers
• Dot to Dot ... Effective Research

Jack Butler - Speaker Profile

Jack Butler

E-mail: jackbutler@shwgenealogy.com
Website: http://www.shwgenealogy.com
Blog: http://genealogyjack.blogspot.com/
Location: Central Florida, available nationwide
Topics: Identifying Female Ancestors, Making Maximum Use of the Census, Finding Kin in Newspapers, Using timelines, journals, diaries & other non-typical records, Finding and using Territorial Records, Using Land Records, Using Probate Records, Organizing genealogy records on the computer. Genealogy through the Internet
Presentations:

• The Tombstone Just Said "Wife of..." - Finding the women in your family history
• Making Sense of the Census
• Coming Back to Our Census - a new look at rarely noticed columns
• "Died Suddenly on Friday Last, of a Gunshot" - Finding Kin in Early Newspapers
• “And Now…The Rest of the Story” – Finding and using diaries, journals, histories,
• to peek into our ancestors lives
• Before They Were States...Finding and Using Territorial Records
• Hear Ye, Hear Ye - Making the County Courthouse Testify for You
• Land Records – Perhaps the Greatest Under-utilized Resource
• Records From the Southeastern Indian Wars
• Wills & Estates - Genealogy's Gold Mines
• Organizing Your Genealogy in the Computer Age

Blaine Bettinger - Speaker Profile

Blaine Bettinger
E-mail: blainebettinger@gmail.com
Website: http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com
Location: Syracuse, NY, available throughout Northeast and nationally
Topics: genetic genealogy
Presentations:

• Using DNA to Explore Your Ancestry

Lisa Alzo - Speaker Profile

Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A.

E-mail: lisa@lisaalzo.com
Website: http://www.lisaalzo.com
Location: Ithaca, NY, available nationwide
Topics: Eastern European Research (esp. Slovak), Writing Your Family History, Finding Your Female Ancestors, Immigrant Cluster Communities, Genealogy on the Internet/Genealogy & Technology, Specialty Research (Ellis Island, 1930 Census), Organizational Techniques
Presentations:

• Demystifying Eastern European Research
• Crossing the Pond: Techniques for Finding Your Elusive Eastern European Ancestors
• Write Your Family History Step by Step
• Murder, Mayhem and Town Tragedy
• The 'A' Article, Writing for Genealogy Magazines
• Identifying Immigrant Cluster Communities
• Researching Your Roots in the 21st Century
• The Evidence: Following Online Clues to Solve your Family History Mysteries
• Virtual Reunion: Connect Your Family Online
• Find Your Slovak Roots Online
• Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors in the Ellis Island Database
• Silent Voices: Telling the Stories of Your Female Immigrant Ancestors
• Three Slovak Women: Telling the Story of One Slovak-American Family Using Oral & Social History
• 365 Ways to Discover Your Family History
• Confessions of a Genealogist
• 20th Century Desperate Housewives